i am also the proud new owner of a digital rebel xt. so, be sure to check flickr for more photos in the near future.

godfather. dave's son is getting baptized this weekend, so i'm off to philly. i can't wait to see him and everyone else.

pictures. for those that haven't noticed the new right hand link, i've signed up for a flickr account.

some long awaited photos from the whisky tasting. thanks d.

notable people that share my birthday are: Willard Scott, Tammy Faye Bakker, Franco Harris, Lynn Swan, and Rob Roy.

thanks to all those that sent me birthday wishes by phone, email or post over the past few days. i had a long day at work, but a lovely dinner and wonderfully chocolately dessert.

whisky tasting. so last night's whisky tasting was a success. there were five of us and five bottles of whisky. no, we didn't finish all of it. dave took some pictures, so hopefully he will share some and i'll post some here. we tasted the following (in order of tasting)

Auchentochan Three Wood
Aberlour 15
Arran Non-chillfiltered
Bowmore Darkest
Highland Park 12

Several of these were new to me, and in hindsight, I should have probably switched the order of the Aberlour and Arran. And in my taste, the Highland Park and Bowmore can go in either order.

A good time was had by all, and we finished the night in fine style with a trip to san loco for a bite of mexican.

This morning I slept in (12 hrs in all) and got out of bet around 2pm. Thankfully with little more than a minor headache from dehydration. This is pretty much to be expected.

alicia and i went to see "dog sees god" last night. it was excellent. great writing and acting. the writing did a great job of addressing big questions of the day, but also included the right amount of wittyness so you don't start taking the cartoon characters too serious.

i know my attendance has been sub par here, i'll try to improve.

got one for the thumb. the steelers won their 5th superbowl tonight, tying dallas and san francisco as the three teams with 5 rings. i can only image what its like back home.

whisky. so i'm planning to do a scotch whisky tasting at the apartment in a month or two. i started building my stock (it won't be cheap). yesterday i picked up bowmore darkest and auchentoshan triple wood. both were reasonably priced at the broadway liquor warehouse. and of course i had to make sure the bowmore was still as good as i remember it. i also need to pick up michael jackson's latest guide.

inane things. item number one -- doggy steps. yes, all those years of trying to train your dog to stay OFF the furniture have failed. and if you can't beat em, join em. or have them join you, on the couch, on the bed, or in the car. now really, do people sleep with their dogs? isn't that illegal?

item number two -- the 24 poll question of the week:
Do you believe Jack would really have sliced Cummings' eyes out?

1) No--he was only bluffing. (latest results 11%)
2) Of course--he's done worse to get answers (latest results 88%)

the steelers keep rolling. and if they play the way they did today in the superbowl, i don't see how anyone can stop them.

sickness. i think i'm coming down with some sort of illness. i've never found a better phrase to express it better than my dad. "i feel like shit warmed over"

splitting head ache, tender glands, mildly sore throat, and that general achiness that i can't really describe, but it makes me not want to get out of bed.

a little fun for all you IT workers out there. i think my favorite is the pizza launcher.

recruiters. so, i put my resume up on dice. more specifically, i just updated it. since then, i've been getting at least two calls a day and two emails a day from recruiters telling me that have a hot position. it's becoming so annoying i'm thinking of taking my profile down. my favorite is when they call once and i don't answer, so they call back 2 mins later...and still don't leave a message!

meet fulla, middle east barbie.

need to kill time, go sudoku

end of the year lists. since we're in the midst of being inundated with year end lists. here's one from the bbc.

ryan is on his way to antarctica. again. however, i haven't heard if he was able to find his camoflage.